[vonconrad]

I would say "do it." Working for Google is a dream to many developers/engineers. Their reputation is generally pretty good.

Career wise? If you don't end up liking it (or think that the salary is too low), you'll be in the Bay area with a visa, Google on your resume and 12+ years of experience (assuming you'll be with Google for at least a year). I would bet your chances of getting another kickass job would be a lot higher than if you didn't take the Google job.

[kia]

As far as I know H1B is company specific. If you change the company you have to get another H1B to work for that company.

[europa]

Once you have an H1 b , transferring that to a different company is not that difficult.

[jbarham]

Transferring the H1B to a different company is straightforward. However (and this happened to me) if the original company is sponsoring your green card, you will have to restart the green card application process with your new employer (unless you are in the final stage of the process). Bear in mind that the green card process can take several years. IMO this is an unacceptably high risk.

[trustfundbaby]

Incorrect ... you just have to do a H1B transfer which costs about $1500 in fees, and is very straight forward.

[mavelikara]

It is straightforward, but my understanding is that "transferring" an H1B is getting a new H1B via the new employer. The only differences are that (1) the new H1B won't be counted against the yearly cap and (2) you don't have to wait until 1st Oct to start working.